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The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok
3.75

Mini Audiobook Review:  I went into this book completely blind & I am glad I did. This is categorized as a thriller but I really didn't get thriller vibes from it. Maybe a little suspenseful but even that was subpar. I would just consider it a fiction. Anywho, this is a told from two different perspectives (thankful that this was with two different narrators to help separate the two) - Jasmine who is from China in hopes to find her daughter in NYC and Rebecca is a wealthy, educated, working woman with an adoptive Chinese daughter.  Each story was such a ride I learned a lot especially on Jasmine's side. And all I wanted for her was a happy ending. She had gone through so much and she is just one of many who do. The whole book builds until a moment in the last few chapters where things just all come to a head. I luckily did have the physical of the book and for the last 30 pages I switched over to reading from the book because I wanted to make sure I didn't miss anything.